incarcerate
2 antonyms for incarcerate — opposites grouped by meaning.
Verb — To put someone in prison, usually as punishment for a crime.
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Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1575; borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātus, perfect passive participle of incarcerō (“to imprison”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin in- (“in”) + carcer (“a prison”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Common participial u...
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